Results 61-80 of 9,885 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly in 'Dáil debates'
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 34: In page 59, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(8) In the case of two intending parents, should a surrogacy agreement be approved under this section but an intending parent dies before the embryo transfer concerned has been effected, such approval shall, by virtue of this subsection, be treated as revoked from and including the date of...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 35: In page 59, line 25, after “satisfied” to insert “, based on the information available to the AHRRA,”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 36: In page 61, lines 8 and 9, to delete “a registered medical practitioner” and substitute “an appropriate medical specialist”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: We are all trying to get this right and to put the child front and centre while we balance important protections for the surrogate and rights of the intending parents. As the Deputies have said, no country has legislated for international surrogacy like this before. There are a few points I want to make on this. First, the best interests of the child test is in the legislation. I will...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As I said, I approached this with a view to facilitating it. I will read for the Deputies the exact clinical advice we got back. We unequivocally do not support or recommend this approach and would highlight the risks of overseas doctors being involved in the provision of such clinical advice and decision-making in such a sensitive area who operate outside the context of Irish legislation...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Obviously, but under the treatment abroad scheme, for example, it might be possible to identify centres of excellence around Europe where we could say, "Yes, you can go for this particular thing because the treatment abroad scheme works on the basis that it is something we provide here under the public system and you cannot get it, so you can get it abroad." I have a lot of sympathy with the...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 24: In page 54, line 26, to delete “sex.” and substitute “sex;”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 25: In page 54, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “ “variant” means a permanent change to the DNA sequence that makes up a gene that may cause disease or be part of normal human variation.”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 26: In page 55, line 1, to delete “abnormality” and substitute “variant”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 27: In page 55, to delete lines 3 to 10 and substitute the following: “(a) PGT-M or PGT-SR is being undertaken, or (b) such testing has been indicated in accordance with criteria that have been prescribed (following, on and after the establishment day, consultation by the Minister with the AHRRA).”. This amendment updates section 46, which relates...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 28: In page 55, line 13, to delete “a child” and substitute “an existing child”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 29: In page 55, line 14, to delete “suffers from” and substitute “has”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 30: In page 55, line 28, to delete “from which such child suffers” and substitute “which such child has”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 31: In page 56, line 16, to delete “abnormality” and substitute “variant”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 18: In page 53, line 33, to delete “mental” and substitute “intellectual”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 19: In page 54, line 2, to delete “a child who suffers from” and substitute “an existing child who has”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 20: In page 54, line 12, to delete “abnormalities” and substitute “disorders”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 21: In page 54, line 14, to delete “abnormal” and substitute “unbalanced”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 22: In page 54, line 16, to delete “defects” and substitute “disorders”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I think we were all in a similar position on Committee Stage. We went back to the HSE with that in mind to ask whether we could facilitate this for the reasons we all discussed on Committee Stage. We got very strong pushback on patient safety grounds and I will now go through that. I was hoping to come in with something facilitating the discussion we had but we got very strong pushback....